WoRMS taxon details

Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett, 1839)

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217572  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217572)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Occurs in sandy areas and seagrass beds of both lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on sand-dwelling fishes and crabs and prawns.  
Description Occurs in sandy areas and seagrass beds of both lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on sand-dwelling fishes and crabs and prawns. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217572 on 2023-10-01
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
2020-09-24 14:08:35Z
changed

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basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>(In preparation).</em>  [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Occurs in sandy areas and seagrass beds of both lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on sand-dwelling fishes and crabs and prawns. [details]
LanguageName 
English saddled snake-eel  [details]
Japanese ソラウミヘビ  [details]
To FishBase images (<i>Leiuranus semicinctus</i>, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Leiuranus semicinctus FIN031544 Slide 120 mm)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Leiuranus semicinctus UNSM 379058 photograph lateral view)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Machaerenchelys phoenixensis P14279 illustration)
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